Butler's Birds

This is the ultimate for me. It's not that the Dowitcher complex (Short-billed vs. Long-billed) is the most difficult to discern in t...

A Flock of Seagulls may produce a one-hit wonder , but a good pile of Peeps can sustain a birder for years, maybe even a lifetime. With a p...

Hello Friends, This month for Birding Is Fun, I went ahead and went to Rome for some investigate birding:  http://www.birdingisfun.com/201...

Hello Readers, I'll be out of town this week, wayyy out of town. Unfortunately my time and internet access will be restricted and I wo...

I promise, I'm almost done with Salton Sea stuff. Ok, actually there are three more posts after this, but hey the Iliad and the Odyssey ...

I'm still on a high from this morning's birding. Waking up at 6 am, this morning did not feel any more glorious than Saturdays past,...

I finally made it out to Mount Ord this Sunday. For one reason or another (work, social obligations, laziness, and standardized testing) I...

The Salton Sea is a weird place, so naturally it's popular with weird birds, like gender-role reversing Phalaropes. There were hundreds...

Much like on Tatooine and the other far-flung desert planets of our universe, the area surrounding the Salton Sea is a desolate stretch that...